John j



1. 1 GAYNOR. coNvEyER FoRfgoTLEsAND 1HE LIKE.

APPL'gloN FILED MAR. I3. |916. A 1,194

` Y Patented Aug. 1.5,' 1916.

- Be it known that I, JOHN ,Il GAYNOR, citi-S zenof the United States,'.residing lat Indian- 'fthe invention,-

skilled in" the art to" which appertains tol make and use thesame,'|reference being 4'had' letters and figures o y on, which forma part'f t 1li` A t in conve ."has fori ,l ,'veyerwheel aiidj'neans .forbl jv .liioreof its recesses s'o'that'it ceiveland convey one or more bottles or the i V1fI-nfmachines'of the type `to which this-in? zvention-relatssuchas'bottle crowning or eapping machines,

.i225 usujally employed to receivefbottles from an- ;apolis in the county of Marion'and Stateof Indiana, llave' iiivciited certain new and .use-f ful Improvements in Conveyers for Bottles .and the like; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

such as] willenable others drawings, and toftlie stef u This. 4' invention' relates fio" im ers for bottles Qthelike, vand s object to provide A whenever it.'becoiiiesnecessary,

a conveyer' star `wheel is endless conveyeaand` convey same .to the" V rotating plunger-'likeottle v'supports ,for the purpose of crowning or capping the same.

Y vThese plimg'erelike bottle supports are mov-` able vertically and frequently their mechanismsbecomes deranged so that-one or more ofthe'. series areire'ndered useless. Undeif` present conditions themachi'nehas to be stopped and frequently dismantled in ,order f to repair the'derauged' mechanism which of course resultsfin great loss of time. .lt isfor the purpose o f preventing the necessity of shutting down-the machine upon the derangementof one or'iiioregof the plun ger-like 4bottle supports that I- have iliade this present invention, which consists'. in so blocking the star conveyer wheel that it-'wi-lly not receive and convey a bott". 3 or bottles to l one or more 'deranged plunger-like bottle supports, vso that any deranged'plunger-like bottle'l supports will not receive bottles to .be crowned or capped, while the. properly p- A 'erating plunger-like bottle supports will-receive their bottles' from the star-onveyer'- wheel for growning (or capping. [thiswaythe 'machine caribe kept i'unnlngand `thel capping operation' continued' uninter.

ruptedlyA Y Referring tothe accompanying drawings: Figure I -is'a'ihorizontal section lof somuch of a bottlecrowning or capping lmachine as -coNvEYnnron BOTTLES AND THE LIKE.

Y lSpecieation of Letters Patent.

Y is Vnecessary 'and exact description of I -f' which':. y

emarkdth 'cicatioir f provements .novel star con- "or +supports describedv n A* v y Y It will be seen fromthe drawings that the" JOHN J. (enviaran, or INDIANAPoLis, INDIAN Fig.-2 is an' elevationpartly in section of the same.` Fig. 3 is a-perspectiveview of one of the star conveyerwheel blocking` devices i l Patented Aug'. 15 l1916. appiicat'ion-hieaiiarchis,191e seriaim.83,934.` i

--an'd Fig. 4 is a vertical sectio'nal View.

ythrough the blocking devices in operative position.

Like. same parts throughout theseveral figures in l `indicates a bottle crowning or capping Inachinewhich `includes a bottle eo'nveyer 2 for'` conveying bottles to the star'conveyer wheel- 3,'said wheel having `a series of recesses 4 each toA receive a bottle from the' -aconveyer 2 and convey the same t`o the rotat- Ving plunger-like bottlesupports 5 which ro, Y

the star conveyerwheel and one of numerals of reference indicate' the l tate with thel capping l'heads 6,.and4in' conneiitionl therewith elfect lthe crowning or cappiifgoperation. There areas many recesses 4 'in the star conveyer wheel as there are.

plunger like bottle supports- 5, and'asthe star cnveyer wheel 3" andthe rotating table :7,rotate'i1`i opposite'directions, the same recess 4 in the. StarcOnveyer wheel will meet' .the same lplungierflke 'bottle vsupport 5 at every revoluition. If therefore one or 'more 'of the plunger-.like 'bottle supports 5 `are deranged, the star-conveyer wheel .can be caused to fail to 'convey-fone or more bottles to the deranged 'plungerlike .bottle support star conveyer wheel is providedwith'ffa se ries of ,vertical u standing-pins or studs 8 to agree in inuin er with the.v recesses 4 in Said wheel, and', it 'willalsoloe seen that I employ one` or more star conveyer wheelblocking devices 9, each of whichgconsists of .a fiat frame'or'bo'dy 10 terminating at one f end in-an upstan'din apertured b oss 1l, and Vatfth'e' other end wit a dependingl'lange 12, the lvertical edges 13 of whichare beveled or otherwise formed to fitand conform to thel walls off'a .recess' in the star conveyer wheel in the manner asshown in Fig. l, the flange 12 being formed 'on an arc to agree with the circumference 'of the star conveyer wheel,

inthe manner as will be now while the aperture 1.4 the upstandingboss 11 'fornis a close slidingy lit with yany one of. y; i the upstanding pins or studsS onv the con-` vHearing thus describedlthe several parts of. ,the invention 'its operation is as [follows: J

Whenever 'it becomes necessary to cutout a iid bottle or bottles from -one or more of the plunger-like bottle supports 5 by reason of derangement thereof, and it is desired t9 keep the machine in operation, one or more of the blocking devices 9 is placed in position on the star-coiiveyer wheel at the recess or recesses 4 which normally meet and deliver bottles to the plunger-like supports which are deranged. The depending flanges ll of the blocking device or devices 9 fill the entrance to their recess or recesses, and as they conform to the circumference of the star conveyer wheel, no bottleA or bottles arev received in the blocked recesses from the bottle conveyer 2, so that'no bottle or bottles are delivered by the star conveyer wheel 3 to the deranged plunger-like bottle sup.- ports 5, but are conveyed as normally to the operative plunger-like bottle supports 5l so that the crowning or capping operation can be. carried on uninterruptedly until such time as it is convenient to repair the deranged plunger-like bottle supports.

By means of this device the 'complete shutting down of a crowning or capping ina-A chine is prevented.

Having thus fully described the invention I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction shown and described, but consider myself clearly entitled to all such changes and modifications as fall within the limit and scope of the ap-rv pended claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secureA by Letters Patent of the United States' is- 1. The combination with a conveyerof a star conveyer wheel provided with article receiving recesses at the periphery thereof,

'to receive articles from said conveyerlin said recesses, a series of pins or studs on said star conveyer wheel agreeing in number with the said recesses in said wheel, a recess blocking device including a flat body portion .provided at one end with an upstanding recesses, a series of pins or studs on said star conveyer Wheel agreeing in number with the said recesses in said wheel, a recess blocking device including a flat body por'- tion provided vat one eiid With lan upstanding apertured boss for connection with any of said pins or studs on said wheel and at the other end a depending recess blocking element having its vertical edges shaped to conform to the walls of any of said recesses in said Wheel. Y

3. The combination with a conveyer of ay star conveyer wheel provided with article receiving recessesat the periplry thereof,

vto receive articles from said con eyer in said recesses, a series of pins or stv ds on said star conveyer wheel agreeing in number with'the said recesses insaid wheel, a recess blocking device including a flat body portion provided at one end with an upstanding l apertured boss for connection with any of said pins or studs on' -said Wheel `and at the other end a depending recess blocking element.

4. The combination with a conveyer of a star conveyer wheel provided with article receiving pockets at the periphery thereof to receive. articles from said conveyer, a recess blocking element for said star conveyer Wheel and means for attachment of said -recess blocking element on said star conveyer Wheel.

5. The combination with a star conveyervv Wheel having recesses in its peripheryv for the reception of articles, of a recess block? ing element and means for removably attaching the same to said star conveyer Wheel. 6. The combination with ma rotary con? veyer having peripheral recesses into 'which are fed and conveyed articles,of an element adapted to form a closure for the entrance of any of said recesses and for attachment to said conveyer. y Y

7. The combination with a rotary V'conveyer having peripheralrecesses into which are fed and conveyed articles, ofan element adapted to enter any of said recesses and conform at its outer portion to the general outline of the.` periphery of said conveyer, for closing the entrances to said recesses.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signa? Y* ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN J. GAYNOR.

lVitnesses:

C. HUGH DUFFY, T. P. Bizrr'r. 

